Mailbox support



May 20, 1941. D. R. CALVERT MAILBOX' SUPPORT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1' Filed Nov. 3, 1938 Fm/242R flail/eff May 20, 1941. I D. R. CALVERT MAILBOX SUPPORT Filed Nov. 3, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwue/wbo o 9 film/11d H. fail/eff Patented May 20, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE MAILBOX SUPPORT David R. Calvert, Scottsville, Ky.

Application November 3, 1938, Serial No. 238,684

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved rural mail box support adapted for use in supporting a single mail box or a battery of mail boxes.

It is a particular aim of this invention to provide an improved support for mail boxes of simple, durable and economical construction, which may be readily assembled and which is adapted to support one or more mail boxes at any desired height.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevational view partly in section showing the support as used with a single mail box,

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view showing the bracket connected to the bottom of a mail box,

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the support assembled to mount two mail boxes,

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the support assembled to mount three mail boxes, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the support as assembled to mount a battery of four or more mail boxes.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the different views, Ii] designates generally the base portion of the support which is preferably formed of concrete or other heavy substance, and which is adapted to be preferably countersunk in the ground. As seen in Figure 1, a threaded socket H is mounted in the base Ill and communicates with an opening l2 in the upper side thereof.

An adjustable telescoping standard, designated generally 13, includes the tubular portion I4 having the threaded end I5 adapted to engage the threaded socket II, and the rod l6 which slidably mounted in tube I4 with its upper threaded end l'l projecting above the upper end of tube I4. Rod [6 is held in adjusted position relatively to tube I4 by the set screw I8 which is adapted to be actuated by a wrench l9.

A threaded T socket 20 is connected to the threaded end I! and to one of its outlets is connected the threaded end 2| of a bracket 22 which is disposed at right angles to the standard l3.

A bracket 22 has a forked free end comprising the flattened arms 23 on which is mounted a conventional mail box 24 which is bolted to arms 23 or otherwise removably secured thereto by means of the fastenings 25.

A post 26 having a nut or threaded end 21, is

connected thereby to the third outlet of the socket 20 to mount post 26 above and as an extension of the standard l3. A name plate 28 is secured to post 26 and. disposed above the box 24 and is adapted to have printed thereon the name of the owner of the mail box.

Referring now to Figures 3, 4 and 5, in Figure 3 it will be noted that a rail 29 is mounted by means of a T socket 20 on the upper end of the standard l3 and is disposed at right angles thereto. Rail 29 is mounted on standard I3 intermediate of its ends and is provided at its opposite ends with corresponding T sockets 20 each of which is adapted to removably support a bracket 22, and a post 26 on which is mounted a name plate 28. Mounted on the free ends of each of the brackets 22 is a mail box, not shown, which is supported as heretofore described and as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 beneath one of the name plates 28.

In Figure 4. the rail 29 is slightly elongated and is connected to standard I3 by a five-way socket 30 which also supports a bracket 22 and a post 26. Rail 2e is likewise provided with the socket 26, bracket 22 and post 26 at each end so that it is adapted to mount three mail boxes, not shown, over each of which is a name plate 28.

In Figure 5, a support is shown adapted for a battery of four or more mail boxes and includes two or more spaced standards l3 each provided with a base It], not shown, which are disposed in spaced apart relationship to each other and which support a rail 29 of any desired length by means of the T socket 29. Rail 29 is provided intermediate of its ends with a plurality of four-way sockets 3|, each of which supports a bracket 22 and post 26, and at its ends with three-way sockets 20 which likewise supports brackets 22 and posts 26 so that a number of mail boxes may be supported in spaced apart relationship to each other by means of a common support including two or more standards l3 and a rail 29. In this form, three, four or five mail boxes may be supported between two standards l3, and where only two standards are used the rail 29 may extend beyond each standard to mount an additional mail box so that as many as seven mail boxes may be mounted by two standards.

From the foregoing it will be seen, that an improved mail box support has been provided adapted for supporting one or more mail boxes and provided with adjustable standards for varying the elevation of the mail boxes as desired. Standard or standards l3 are adapted to extend as hereinafter defined by the appended claims. 1

I claim as my invention:

1. A supporting bracket comprising a bracket of tubular construction having a shank rend, detachably connected to supporting means, a bifurcated end, the legs of said bifurcated end being flattened and offset upwardly so that the upper surface thereof will be flush with the upper surface of the shank to receive a mail box or the like to be supported thereon, a socket having threaded recesses, the shank end of said bracket being threaded to detachably engage one of the recesses, and said other recess being adapted to detachably engage the supporting means for said bracket.

2. A supporting bracket for mail boxes and the like, comprising a bracket, of tubular construction-having a shank end, detalchably connected to supporting means, and a forked end, the legs of the forked end being flattened and ofiset upwardly to have their upper surfaces disposed substantially in the same plane as the upper portion of the shank end to provide therewith a supporting surface for a mail box or the like.

DAVID R. CALVERT. 

